THE ISSUE: Mike Bloomberg’s bid for a third term as mayor of New York City.

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It’s a joy to to read an article from a New Yorker as articulate, intricate and as politically and socially steady as Steve Cuozzo (“Boss Mike,” PostScript, Oct. 18).

Too many New Yorkers complain about this city and don’t realize how Mayor Bloomberg has taken the essence of the “broken window theory” to heart. That alone has spawned a rebirth in the city.

Besides Bloomberg deserving a third term, there is more work for him to do, and he wants to do it. His biggest duty will be to maintain the quality of life he has created for many New Yorkers and to continue his efforts to make the city “greener.”

Dean Hanan

Brooklyn

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Cuozzo forgot to mention in his excellent feature that Bloomberg and his transportation commissioner have absolutely destroyed the roads of this once great city — Canal Street, Grand Street, Hudson Street, Broadway and Times Square.

They have taken what once were three-lane avenues and turned them into one lane.

Every paper in this city has given them a free ride except for The Post. Keep up the good work, Cuozzo.

Adam Weiss

West Village

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Cuozzo’s analysis and recent Post editorials have been written as if the race for mayor is primarily about competence, when it is really about attitude.

Electing autocrats because they can make the trains run on time went out with Mussolini — or should have.

Bloomberg has two Achilles heels: term limits and a botched World Trade Center. The mayor’s record has had so much cosmetic surgery that it reflects very poorly on the media at large.

The you-scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours endorsements are to be expected, but when New Yorkers get into the booth they can still defy the machine.

I will vote for Bill Thompson, because he is decent, competent, and he is not Bloomberg.

M. Donovan

Manhattan

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Cuozzo is correct that we owe this great city to Rudy Giuliani and Bloomberg. Their management skills and clear priorities have given us what we have today.

I hope the NY electorate, which has shown a propensity to do stupid things, does not ruin a good thing.